Helping the Heart

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Across
  1. 4. Patients who have biological valve replacements do not need to take...
  2. 5. Modern pacemakers are very....to your body's needs
  3. 7. Valves taken from animals such as pigs/cattle or even human donors
  4. 8. Heart valves made of titanium and polymers
  5. 12. People affected by leaky heart valves become ...
  6. 15. Problems with the rhythm of the heart can often be solved using an artificial ...
  7. 17. What rhythm of your heart is around 70 beats per minute?
  8. 19. If your heart beats too quickly this cannot be pumped properly
  9. 20. If you have a mechanical heart valve, you will need to take medicine to prevent your blood from doing this
  10. 22. Heart valves have to withstand a lot of this
  11. 23. Artificial hearts are not widely used in patients because of the ...
  12. 25. Patients who have artificial pacemakers say it improves their length and quality of what?
Down
  1. 1. Artificial Pacemakers are implanted into your ...
  2. 2. Almost 1500 people worldwide had one by 2015
  3. 3. Where do most patients have to stay until they have a human heat transplant
  4. 6. Artificial Pacemakers are attached to your heart by two of these
  5. 9. Artificial hearts can be used to give these types of heart a rest
  6. 10. If your heart beats to slowly you cannot get enough of this
  7. 11. Heart valves may leak or become...
  8. 13. What do artificial hearts need a lot of to keep them working
  9. 14. Biological valve replacements only last 12 - 15...
  10. 16. The rhythm of your heat is controlled by a group of cells in the right...
  11. 18. Where do patients fitted with an artificial heart get to stay whilst they wait for a human heart match?
  12. 19. Artificial Pacemakers send strong, regular electrical signals to your heart that stimulate it to do what?
  13. 21. If you need a heart transplant you have to wait for a .... match
  14. 24. Sadly, most patients waiting for a heart transplant ... before a match is found